A2- Sunday, December 19, 1982 - North Shore News

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On a clear day you can see Japan.
You have only to watch

the ships

“under
Lion’s Gate,

heading for

open water. Most of them

are Carrying exports whose

sale was;arranged through : a

Japanese trading house...
The Japanese” have

become an integral part. of -

Canada’s economy,
espécially .in the area of
external trade, especially in

Western Canada, and
especially.in B.C.

them more than any other
people in the world for our
bread and butter.

Also, it is a fact of life that -

to a surprising degree, we
are becoming integrated into
the Japanese trading system
in.a Way that I don’t think
anybody predicted.

It is called offshore
trading or third-country
trade. In effect, it allows
Canadians to ride on the
coat-tails of the Japan

r the U.S., Japan ts “traders. Through a i rouse

our ‘second biggest - -export
market. , Last “year, —
added upto almost $4 billion
worth © of . goods passing
through B .C. ports

For the big " Japanese
trading. companies, .. these
goods represent only a
fraction of their world-wide
business. _

To keep things in per-
spective, you have to
remember that while Japan
is our second biggest trading
partner, the total volume of

Canadian goods sold in.

Japan represents only 5.3 per

cent of that country’s im-.

rts.

Obviously, it is vital for
Canadians to learn to un-
derstand the Japanese. Next
to Americans, we depend on

that. ¢

‘like. Mitsui, Canadian pulp
and paper is sold: to the
Middle East, Southeast Asia
and Latin America. -

The volume of offshore
trading has grown steadily

and.as- recession continues to--~}

gtip America — devastating
the Canadian economy in
the process — it is obviously
a ‘tremendous advantage for
Canadians to be able to plug
into the Japanese global
trade network.

-From the B.C. vantage
point — living as we do
physically as close to Asia as
to Europe — the importance
of our economic links with
Japan can hardly be
exaggerated. Roughly 40 per
cent of all exports
to Japan come from B.C.

That’ s why so many
people on the Coast winced
last summer when federal
trade minister Ed Lumley
decided to start delaying
imports of Japanese cars by
having them over-inspected

Although the Canadian
media claimed a “victory”
afterwards .when Japan

On arrival.

signed an agreement limiting -

motor car imiports to 150,000

a year, long-time observers:

of Japan-Canada trade

deadlines as follows:

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Because the Christmas and New Year
holidays fall on weekends this year, it is
necessary to rearrange Display Advertising

For Sunday, Dec. 26 issue, copy deadline
is 10-a:m., Wednesday, Dec. 22.

For Wednesday, Dec. 29 issue, copy
deadline is 3 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 23.

For Sunday, Jan. 2 issue, copy deadline is
10 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 29.

relations were embarassed
by - Ottawa's
handededness. And worried.

It hag beén'129 years since. :
Commodore Perry forced -
open the gates of Japan to ::
world trade. The operative’: |

word is “forced.”

Japanese merchants who =:

dared to do business with
gaijin (“foreign devils’’)
risked being. attacked .by
nationalists whose motto was
“revere the Emperor and

oust.the barbarians.” And at™

first, all the Japanese could
do was export raw materials

_ and import finished goods.

From the perspective of
trading companies’ whose
origins go back to Com-
modore Perty’s pushiness,
the current - protectionist
mutterings of Japan's trading

partners, including Canada, .
must have an ironic ring, |

indeed.

Love for all.

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and more!

_Larry doesn’t stop
_at hockey — Get ae
“grasp on this: |

624 W:
North Van

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“TO ALL WE AEM

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As the holiday season approaches, we, at
Stephanies, would like to take this opportunity to
extend our very best wishes to you.
May 1983 be filled with Peace, Prosperity and

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